The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.

The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.

It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.

The thing that pleases is not always good and, helas, the good thing does not always please.

In certain countries, people seem to be think that three asses together make one intelligent person. However, that is completely wrong. Several asses in concreto make the ass in abstracto and that is a most terrifying animal.

Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.